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Reporter | Ramsey County Courts

Phone: 651-298-1551

Pat Pheifer covers courts and other legal affairs in Ramsey County.

Charges filed in shooting that paralyzed victim

Charges were filed on Wednesday against a Columbia Heights man in connection with a shooting early Saturday in Minneapolis that left one victim paralyzed from the neck down, authorities said.

Updated: May 04, 2011, - 11:41 PM

Suspect arrested in abduction that triggered Amber Alert

St. Paul police issued an Amber Alert Sunday night and soon thereafter reunited the 7-year-old with her family.

Updated: May 02, 2011, - 11:32 PM

Mpls. woman, 19, gravely wounded

Tomika Swoope went to the store for some ice cream. She was shot in the head just steps from her front door in the 3200 block of Columbus Avenue S.

Updated: April 27, 2011, - 06:07 AM

St. Paul dad sentenced in shaken-baby case

Jeffrey Davis to serve almost five years for causing his 6-week-old son's brain damage, broken legs and ribs.

Updated: April 01, 2011, - 08:49 PM

St. Paul woman who refused care for disabled son pleads guilty

Her attorney said she wanted to spare her 35-year-old son the stress of a trial.

Updated: April 01, 2011, - 06:59 PM

DNA match brings charges in St. Paul stranger rape

A 34-year-old man jailed in Georgia is accused of grabbing a woman, pulling her into the weeds and raping her.

Updated: March 28, 2011, - 09:34 PM

North St. Paul woman sentenced for swindling mom

North St. Paul woman who took more than $200,000 is guilty of financial exploitation of an ailing adult.

Updated: March 23, 2011, - 09:15 PM

30 days in jail for Internet sex chats with 'teen'

Laurence E. Nelson pleaded guilty to felony solicitation. He must register as a predatory offender for 10 years.

Updated: March 22, 2011, - 09:07 PM

Stepson gets 32-plus years in claw-hammer death

Both of Bill Shocinski's grown children said they were appalled that Dean Porter could brutally murder their father, then live with his bloody body for at least five days.

Updated: March 15, 2011, - 09:25 PM

Man guilty in assaults of drunk women

Maksud Mahbub picked up the women in local bars, took them home and sexually assaulted them. He was convicted on four of five charges and may face four years in prison.

Updated: March 09, 2011, - 11:25 PM